These 22 Klosjes are the last red ones. I have a total number of 197 klosjes. I made too many red ones so the last 28 ( I want 225 in total) are going to be blue. They are already cut so I hope to make them next week. My daughter counted all the klosjes ( and made more room in my klosjes basket...) and suggested to make a big, double size quilt. We made some calculations and she said I would have to make a total of 1440 klosjes! I think that is way too many and have to sleep one ( or many) more nights to decide if I want to do that. I still don't like the pattern very much because it doesn't stay square when I iron them. I do love to see them when they are finished and all together on the table. Can you imagine: 1440 klosjes instead of 225 (almost finished) klosjes?!!

This duck fabric was one of the very first quilting fabrics I ever bought, maybe 20 years ago.I also used fabric of my daughter's dress when she was 2. I like usiing old fabrics as much ( or even more) than new ones.

My sister came by bike to have a cup of tea with me. She brought me roses in a lot of different colours. I like them. They look like candy when I was little. I also like the coloured roses in that old vase ( it was my mother-in-law's) on my Ikea patchwork fabric. We had a nice time together.

Yesterday and today are very stormy so I made a big cup of coffee in my new mug( bought in a supermarket). My mum bought me 'pepernoten'. You can buy them in the Netherlands because of 'Sinterklaas' tradition. A lot of Dutch people celebrate 'Sinterklaas' on the 5th of december. Sinterklaas gives presents to the children just like Santa Claus does.The quilting (just like reading and working with the computer, alomst everything I like to do) is a bit difficult because of a eyeinfection. Hope it will be over soon.

Making all the triangles and using the exact 1/4 inch seam allowences was a good practise for me. When the top was finished and everthing fitted together I was happy it worked out so well . Now only the quilting has to be done.

This summer my quiltgroup and I finished a quilt( I told about it in april im this blog) we donated for a lottery. This lottery was held in the end of october to raise money for homeless children in Kathmandu, Nepal. This project was started by a lady called Lies Vink who did this after she finished working( pension)! During one day there was a lot of money raised for that same cause and they made about 6500 euro's in one day! We did 500 euro's with the 12 ladies of our quiltgroup and we are very happy with the result. The lady who won the quilt donated it to Lies Vink to take it to Kathmandu. Very kind gesture I think.

Over 2 weken gaan we met de quiltgroep een ( of meerdere) nieuwe quilt maken voor een goed doel. Ik heb veel stoffen liggen met grote prints van bijvoorbeeld dieren en teddyberen waar ik bijna niets mee doe. Ik ben begonnen om ze allemaal in blokken te snijden om er rag time quilts van te maken. Ik heb er erg veel zin in en het is fijn te weten dat het voor een goed doel is. We moeten nog wel bedenken waarvoor.In about two weeks time the ladies of my quiltgroup and I are starting to make a new quilt for a good cause(or maybe more then one). I have a lot of fabrics with bigger prints like animals and tedybears laying in my closet and I hardly use them. So I started cutting them in squares to make one or two ragtime quilts. I'm looking forward to make them. It would be fun and it is nice to know that it is for a good cause.

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Welcome to my blog. Here I'd like to share my progress in the quilts and projects I sew. I'm interested in many styles and new techniques. Besides the sewing you'll find pictures of other creativeness, my dachshund, nature and places of Interest.